Saint Helena Progressive Party
Saint Helena Progressive Party | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1973 |
| Dissolved | c. 1976 |
| Legislative Council of Saint Helena (1976) | 11 / 12
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The Saint Helena Progressive Party was a political party on the island of Saint Helena (a British crown colony). The party favoured retaining economic links with the United Kingdom.[1]
The Saint Helena Progressive Party was founded in 1973.[2] Its founders included eleven of the twelve members of the Legislative Council of Saint Helena elected in 1972. The party emerged following a rise in political awareness on the island, partly due to economic stringency caused by increased international inflation.[3]
The Saint Helena Progressive Party secured eleven out of twelve Legislative Council seats in the September 1976 election.[4] However, the party appears to have become defunct around 1976, around the same time as its rival, the Saint Helena Labour Party.[2]
References
- ^ Olson, James Stuart; Shadle, Robert (1996). Historical Dictionary of the British Empire. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 974. ISBN 978-0-313-29367-2.
- ^ a b The Europa Year Book. Europa Publications. 1974. p. 2832. ISBN 978-0-946653-15-7.
- ^ Cross, Tony (1980). St Helena: Including Ascension Island and Tristan Da Cunha. David & Charles. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-7153-8075-8.
- ^ EUROPA WORLD YRBK 1991 2V. Taylor & Francis. 1991. p. 3851. ISBN 9781857430776.